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  • My Big Fat Fake Engagement by Lauren Landish

    My Big Fat Fake Engagement by Lauren Landish

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Boss babe. Ice Queen.That’s what they call me at the office.But there’s one man who has secretly melted me for years.Kaede McWarren.The only problem? He’s my big brother’s best friend.But when he asks me to play his fiancée to seal a business deal?Oh, I’m taking this gift horse and riding it while I can...
  • Zane's Rebel by Loni Nichole

    Zane's Rebel by Loni Nichole

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    For once in his life, this strait-laced attorney is ready to throw caution to the wind. Too bad his sassy, rebellious soulmate refuses to take the risk.ZaneI take on the sassy-mouthed heiress’s case because she needs a good defense. She’s being sued by her father’s former business partner, who wants to destroy her. The odds in this small-town are stacked against her...
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  • Rumble by Jacob Chance

    Rumble by Jacob Chance

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Two years. That’s the amount of time I’ve wasted lusting after Wyatt Douglas. He had me the moment he roared up on his bike and flashed his charismatic smile my way. I wanted to jump on, wrap my arms around him, and ride off into the sunset. Then my brother introduced him as his friend and crushed my short lived happily ever after...
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    new adult  siblings-bff  humor  sports
  • Hooked by Jacob Chance

    Hooked by Jacob Chance

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Avoiding bad boy hockey player Marshall Winters has been one of my goals since he did me wrong four years ago.However, with both of us attending Boston University and his younger sister being my best friend, it’s damn near impossible.Then he saves me from a dangerous situation, whisking me away to his family’s cabin, changing everything...
  • Shameful by Nana Malone, M. Malone

    Shameful by Nana Malone, M. Malone

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    I am the thing that goes bump in the night. I am a liar, a protector...a killer...I am Noah Blake. And now that she knows my secret, she hates me. The guilt and shame I carry around is bad enough...But seeing the distrust in her eyes, that will kill me before my enemies do… Noah’s Cliffhanger Warning: Ladies, I know you want to see the full package. But I have to tease you first...
  • Avoiding Temptation (A Bro Code Standalone) by Rachel Van Dyken

    Avoiding Temptation (A Bro Code Standalone) by Rachel Van Dyken

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 17 ratings
    I hit on her first. Realized she was my best friend Finn's little sister second. And got a bloody nose third — compliments of Finn after he watched me nearly score with the new underclassman. After all I did have a reputation on campus, word on the street was that a girl could orgasm within one minute just watching me eat Lucky Charms...
  • Shut Up and Kiss Me (Midnight Kisses) by Kat Baxter

    Shut Up and Kiss Me (Midnight Kisses) by Kat Baxter

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    This soccer star has one night to win it all…or risk losing everything.Ben PrescottBy most people’s standards, I’ve got it pretty good. I have a lucrative job playing my favorite game in the world: soccer. I get to live in my favorite city: Austin, Texas. I basically have it all. Except the woman I love. Why, you ask? Because she's my baby sister's best friend...
  • On the Wild Side by Megan Wade

    On the Wild Side by Megan Wade

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Beau Wild, the charming and carefree youngest brother of the Wild family, has always been more interested in chasing thrills and living in the moment than settling down.But when a chance encounter at the annual Peach Springs festival leads to a passionate night with the beautiful and mysterious Talullah Waverly, Beau's shocked to wake up and find himself alone.That hasn't happened before . .
  • First Love Second Chance by Kira Blakely

    First Love Second Chance by Kira Blakely

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    My heart says yes. My mind says no. I can't believe Jude just swaggered back into town like nothing happened… It's been ten years since he took my virginity. Ten years since he ran away from town and never turned back. He’s a famous daredevil, and he's offering me the opportunity of a lifetime. Go on the road and write about his life. All of it...
  • More Than Cake: A Plus Size BBW Romance by Tani Hanes

    More Than Cake: A Plus Size BBW Romance by Tani Hanes

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    MJ Jassemolada is a big girl, and has been a big girl her whole life. She’s been called all the hurtful names: Hefty heifer, dump truck, fat, porky pig, she’s heard them all. A bred and born LA girl, she feels like she’s surrounded by the thin and beautiful of the world, and having a widower father who tells her she’s beautiful every day just doesn’t help...
  • Two for Roughing by Lasairiona E. McMaster

    Two for Roughing by Lasairiona E. McMaster

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It’s a simple rule: don’t bang your teammates’ siblings.Finn O’Brien didn’t just break the rule, he annihilated it. Falling in love with his best friend’s younger sister when they were teens was an accident. He fought it for years, hiding behind a list of one-night stands a mile long, anything to convince himself Molly Morrison wasn’t the woman for him...
  • The WRONG Brother by Alexis Winter

    The WRONG Brother by Alexis Winter

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 25 ratings
    Rock bottom has a basement—and I just found it.I’ve been head over heels, write it in my diary over and over in love with my best friend Preston Young, pretty much my entire life.You’d think after decades of hiding my feelings I’d want to reveal my lifelong secret love to my best friend privately, but NOPE...
  • Going for Four by Erin Nicholas

    Going for Four by Erin Nicholas

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    "It's either true love...or the biggest mistake they've ever made. " "Counting on Love, Book 4" Hot firefighter Cody Madsen has stayed away from Olivia Dixon for almost two years-technically. Even though he talks to her every day and sees her every weekend. But there's no kissing, touching, or telling her how he really feels. Because they're "just friends...
  • His Silver Lining by Megan Wade

    His Silver Lining by Megan Wade

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Warning: Only read this book if you love down-on-their-luck but hopeful heroines, transient grouches just searching for a home, and a host of OTT antics between pre-destined soulmates.Dottie moved to Whisper Valley on a whim when she fell in love with the small town's picturesque scenery and friendly locals...
  • Real Men Love Curves by Kat Baxter

    Real Men Love Curves by Kat Baxter

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    LukeEven though Erin and I have been best friends for years, she has no idea how much I want her. No idea that her luscious curves drive me crazy, or that she stars in my every fantasy. No idea that I’m aching to get out of the friend zone. I’m smart enough to keep that shit under wraps.There’s only one secret I guard more closely: I may want Erin’s body, but I also want her heart and soul...
  • Unashamed by M. Malone, Nana Malone

    Unashamed by M. Malone, Nana Malone

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The final volume in the breathtaking SHAMELESS trilogy!He is the thing that goes bump in the night. He is a liar, a protector...a killer… He is Noah Blake....And I love him.Everything I thought I knew about the night that changed our lives has been turned upside down. I have no idea who to trust, but the one thing I do know is that I am his...And I will do anything to protect him...
  • Love So Perfect by Marquita Valentine

    Love So Perfect by Marquita Valentine

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Love So Perfect, Book 5 in Marquita’s contemporary romance series about the Lawson Brothers. Star quarterback Austin Lawson’s dating life is fair game to the myriad gossip bloggers. Thanks to his most recent screw up with a social media savvy super model, he’s forced to return home so that his PR team can do damage control...
  • Give Me Another Chance by Katy Kaylee

    Give Me Another Chance by Katy Kaylee

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 10 ratings
    I never forgot you, and the way you made me feel that first time. I never forgot you, even when you left me six years ago without saying goodbye...
  • The Billionaire Dating Game by Aubrey Dark

    The Billionaire Dating Game by Aubrey Dark

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 13 ratings
    What would you do to win? Okay, so look: I'm not into reality TV. I don't know who Piers Letocci is, or why every girl in America is head over heels for him. I only know that I have to interview Piers about his new show, The Billionaire Dating Game . Fifteen minutes of journalistic duty, and I'm out of there. Or so I thought. Piers isn't just some random celebrity...
  • My Brother's Best Friend by Hazel Kelly

    My Brother's Best Friend by Hazel Kelly

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Margot Roberts has loved Landon Bishop for as long as she can remember. Unfortunately, so has the rest of her family, which has made it impossible for her to break out of the friend zone. Until now. Margot He wasn’t just the best man at my brother’s wedding. He was the best man, period. I knew it deep in my bones the first day I met him. Well, maybe not the first day...
  • Pretend You're Mine by River Laurent

    Pretend You're Mine by River Laurent

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    I woke up with hangover and a cringy memory. My old schoolmate drove up to the city to invite me to his wedding. Poor guy is getting married to my ex. It’s a long story, but the guy tugged on my heartstrings, so I told him I’d go to his wedding back home, and bring along my fiancée. Problem No. 1: I don’t have a fiancée and I have NO intention of getting one for a VERY long time to come...
  • My Best Friend's Brother by Alexis Winter

    My Best Friend's Brother by Alexis Winter

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 9 ratings
    It's no secret I’ve always had a crush on Damon Strickland. My best friend’s older brother and the center of every single one of my fantasies. He’s a walking, talking temptation. That cocky grin and those broad, athletic shoulders. You know what they say about a man with big hands right? Growing up, we always tormented one another. I was the nagging, annoying little girl he hated...
  • Her Mountain Brothers by K.C. Crowne

    Her Mountain Brothers by K.C. Crowne

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Life on the mountains meant enduring subzero nights. But a steamy crush on my brother's best friend, And his equally HOT brother... Kept me warm in ALL the right places. Someone close to me mysteriously disappeared. Now, I have to leave my stunt woman career, And return to the ice-cold mountains of Colorado...
  • His Curvy Woman by Elisa Leigh

    His Curvy Woman by Elisa Leigh

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Hunter Stone had to leave town unexpectedly in the middle of his senior year of high school. He didn't get to say goodbye. Now that he's back he's only interested in one thing, making his best friend's little sister HIS. Whitley had compared all men to the boy she loved when she was just a girl. Now that she's older, no one but him will do, too bad she has no idea where he is...
  • Kitchen Boss by Ashlee Price

    Kitchen Boss by Ashlee Price

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    My best friend's brother took my innocence...and I have a secret that he doesn't know about yet.He's about to become my baby daddy.Can you blame me for sleeping with him?He went from being a nerd in high school to a wealthy chef with his own food empire.Check that. A total drool-worthy chef.He hired me as an intern, and it's not just a job.I've got perks.His bulging muscles.Our sizzling chemistry...
  • Royal Pickle by J.J. Knight

    Royal Pickle by J.J. Knight

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He’s a prince who can’t keep his pants on. She writes dirty limericks in a Brooklyn deli. Their spontaneous royal wedding is a match made in mayhem.I have to find a wife.And not just any wife.A love match.My parents gave me ten years to find a princess on my own, and the deadline has arrived...
  • The Sweetest Game by Cookie O'Gorman

    The Sweetest Game by Cookie O'Gorman

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Hopelessly in love with my best friend's brother.That's what it will say on my tombstone. Here lies Junior "June" Dorsey. Tomboy. Car lover. Bookworm. She suffered from a severe case of unrequited love syndrome.It's not like I haven't tried liking other guys. I have. It's just none of them measure up to him.Baylor O'Brien. Beautiful. Cocky...
  • A Mistletoe Affair by Farrah Rochon

    A Mistletoe Affair by Farrah Rochon

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Silk Sisters' longtime friends Janelle, Sandra and Vicki have turned their business savvy into a top-tier event agency. In the wealthy enclave of Wintersage, Massachusetts, there's an abundance of lavish parties, society drama and longing hearts to keep them busy.  Floral designer Vicki Ahlfors is a shy, hopeless romantic...
  • Tequila & Tailgates by Andrea Johnston

    Tequila & Tailgates by Andrea Johnston

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Four years ago, I took the biggest risk of my life and it blew up in my face. I learned my lesson – love sucks. Now self-preservation and protecting my heart have become second nature. But Jameson Strauss... he's my weakness. Give me the occasional shot of tequila, a game of Truth or Dare, and I’ll do almost anything for that man. * Four years ago, I didn’t follow my heart...
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  • Short-Term Shag by Kat Baxter

    Short-Term Shag by Kat Baxter

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    This single mom just might be royally screwed…JillianI’m a single mom who works hard to provide for her kid. When my son is away for a week of camp and a friend offers me his condo with a view of the beach for the week, of course I take him up on it! I’m single, not stupid. It’s all fun and games until I get trapped in an elevator with my particular brand of catnip: the hot nerd…...
  • Working on My Brother's Best Friend by Sharon Cummin

    Working on My Brother's Best Friend by Sharon Cummin

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It had been five years since my twin brother Gabe had moved to California when I got the call that changed my life forever. He was my family, the only one I had, and he was gone. I sat in the cold, dark funeral home while people moved around me. I could hear them talking, but all I could do was think. So many questions ran through my mind as I looked down at my hands in my lap...
  • Deck The Halls by Cynthia Eden

    Deck The Halls by Cynthia Eden

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Christie Tate is so over being good. This year, she’ll be topping the naughty list, thank you very much. And step one in her grand scheme? It’s seducing the man she’s always wanted…sexy police detective Jonas Kirk. For years, she’s wanted Jonas, but he’s her brother’s best friend, and she thought he was off-limits.This year, nothing is off-limits...
  • The Trouble with Christmas by Loren Sorensen

    The Trouble with Christmas by Loren Sorensen

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    What happens when a Christmas tree plays matchmaker between a younger brother and his sister’s best friend? Rayanne Miller has a it's almost Christmas, and she doesn't have a Christmas tree set up in her beautiful new apartment. Unable to find help beyond her best friend’s younger brother, Rayanne is worried about spending time with the boy she grew up with and the man he’s become...
  • Rafferty's Rules by Donna Alam

    Rafferty's Rules by Donna Alam

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 14 ratings
    The relationship may be fake but the o's are real . . . My brothers say if there’s trouble, I’ll find it, If there are shenanigans afoot, I’m usually the root cause. But this time I’ve excelled myself. Because this time I’ve found trouble in a brothel. And brought her home...
  • Hard as Stone: a BBW, MC Lite Romance by Megan Wade

    Hard as Stone: a BBW, MC Lite Romance by Megan Wade

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    He's the Road Captain of a motorcycle club. She's the traffic controller who keeps making him take detours. Their love story was never going to be a straight road. POPPYGrowing up watching Hallmark movies, I thought moving to a small town would be my dream come true...
  • The Dysfunctional Test by Kelly Moran

    The Dysfunctional Test by Kelly Moran

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    "You are cordially challenged to a test of true love. " Growing up in her large, crazy Serbian family, Camryn Covic became an expert at shutting down her emotions in order to maintain her sanity. But when she loses her apartment, her job and her boyfriend all in one day, she hits her breaking point...
  • Garrett's Obsession by Loni Nichole

    Garrett's Obsession by Loni Nichole

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    When it comes to love, this football coach is done playing by the rules.Garrett MarshAs the high school football coach, I'm supposed to play by the rules. Except the rules are standing in the way of the one thing I want…Ciara Sharp. She dropped everything to provide for her brother when their parents died. Now, she's untouchable, or so says the school board. But I'm done listening to reason...
  • Irresistibly Undeniable by Zoey Derrick

    Irresistibly Undeniable by Zoey Derrick

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    From Best Selling Author, Zoey Derrick, comes a brand new standalone novel about getting a second chance. "Irresistibly Undeniable is truly undeniably irresistible." USA Today Bestselling Author, Emily Minton She was his best friend’s chubby sister. He was the star football player. It never made sense that he would want her, but he did...
  • Kiss Me by Kat Baxter

    Kiss Me by Kat Baxter

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    One night just won’t be enoughColtonI didn’t go to my nemesis’ booksigning expecting to hookup with his sister. Yet, that’s exactly what happened. Hannah is tall and gorgeous with a voluptuous curvy body I want to devour. I want more than one night, but it turns out, all she wanted was a fling…HannahWhat happens in New York, stays in New York, right? It was just supposed to a fling...
  • Don't Be My Valentine by Aubrey Wright

    Don't Be My Valentine by Aubrey Wright

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    One night. One jaw-dropping secret. "Don't sleep with my brother." This was my best friend's one and only request when we were 18. Damnit, I tried. But we were drawn together like magnets. We had one incredible night before he left to serve our country. Then he was gone. A military man on a mission. My heart shattered...
  • Bottoms Up by Holly Renee

    Bottoms Up by Holly Renee

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 10 ratings
    From the moment I met him, I knew he was trouble. He was reckless, cocky, and everything I shouldn't want. I had life all figured out, and Tucker Moore was not a part of the plan. But somehow I slipped. One moment I had it all under control. The next I was spiraling around him, begging him for whatever he would give me. But as quickly as I fell for him, it all crumbled around us...
  • Love, Lilly by Belinda Mary

    Love, Lilly by Belinda Mary

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He’s her best friend’s brother and completely out of her league…Twenty-three-year-old Lilly is the quirky girl, the one with the c-c-curly hair. She’s always late, is rarely neat and does not have her life together. She will never be that girl, the one who gets the perfect guy. But hopefully, this is about to change. It is a new year and Lilly has made some resolutions to get her act together...
  • His Best Friend's Sister by Natasha L. Black

    His Best Friend's Sister by Natasha L. Black

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    My crappy year just got better.How much better? About six feet is my guess.I got jilted at the altar.Had to move back home.To be seen as a child and coddled by my parents.I’m trying to lay low, but fate has its own idea.My brother’s best friend, hunkier than ever.He’s running a bar now, looking like sin.Off-limits and the juiciest forbidden fruit I ever saw.He’s easy to talk to and makes me laugh...
  • Mr. Big Stuff by L. Nicole

    Mr. Big Stuff by L. Nicole

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Kiefer Marks.RichBad Boy Biker.Tattoo Artist.Chiseled Abs.My next-door neighbor for the last year.The hottest guy I’ve ever seen.That pretty much sums up the guy I'm in love with.And oh yeah, he’s also the guy I’ve barely spoken to.The thing is, I’m not his type.I’m the town librarian.I’m way too curvy—and much too shy.They call him Mr...
  • Camp Nerd by Bella Jewel

    Camp Nerd by Bella Jewel

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 9 ratings
    The newest series by USA TODAY bestselling author Bella Jewel, coming 2022...Firstly, let me make this clear, I didn’t come here for drama.I came here to escape, to unwind, to relax in paradise.This place is meant to be everything epic the world can offer.A ranch, run by hot tattooed mountain men, that has been made into a retreat.An escape from the world, from all the stresses of daily life...
  • Curvy Girl and the Grumpy Santa by Jessa Joy

    Curvy Girl and the Grumpy Santa by Jessa Joy

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    My brother's best friend is the biggest, grumpiest Santa I've ever encountered. But am I imagining things, or does he have a twinkle in his eye every time he sees me?MelodyComing back to Snowflake Falls, the last person I expected to have to work with was my brother's best friend. Now the two of us are squished into a small space together every single day until Christmas...
  • Unraveled: Corwin & Belle's story by Christa Wick

    Unraveled: Corwin & Belle's story by Christa Wick

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    I’ve got a giant phobia I need to get over by a very important deadline, along with a best friend gunning for meddler of the year. Her mission? To get me over my fear—and under her brother—in a two-birds-one-stone plan I could strangle her for executing. This right here is why I’ve never told her how I’ve felt about her older brother all these years. This exact, disturbing reason...
  • The Blind Date by Lauren Landish

    The Blind Date by Lauren Landish

    Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    A Blind Date? It could be a match made in heaven. Or a total disaster.I’m Riley Watson, bringing a dash of sunshine here and a drop of positivity there. That’s how I live my life, focusing on the good that’s all around us if we look for it. There’s just one thing missing—Mr. Right.So I agree to try a new dating app and find my perfect match. The catch? No pictures.Fun times..
  • Wild by M. Malone, Nana Malone

    Wild by M. Malone, Nana Malone

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A steamy friends to lovers romance. Talia My mission - To have fun in college and for once, break out of my shell. So who do I end up dancing with on my first night clubbing? Cage Ward, the star of all my high school dirty dreams and the only man to ever break my heart. So much for breaking free. Cage My goal – To enjoy the single life and stay away from serious relationships...
  • #OBSESSED by Frankie Love

    #OBSESSED by Frankie Love

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Ever since I saw him on the big screen of Space Battles with his black mask and massive sword, I was smitten. Okay, that's not true. I was hard-core crushing. I was envisioning our future babies and could just imagine the headlines: Hottest Man in the Galaxy Falls For Average Jane...
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